Removable work support for work benches



Se t. 18, 1956 v. M. CHRISTOPHERSON 5 ,30

REMOVABLE WORK SUPPORT FOR WORK BENCHES Filed June 4, 1952 INVENTORVICTOR M. CHRISTOPHERSQN 5 gM/WZZ ATTORNFY United States Patent()REMOVABLE WORK SUPPORT FOR WORK BENCHES My invention relates to animprovement in a work bench support and particularly of a type for useby carpenters in holding doors and similar articles in position whilethey are trimmed, recessed or treated.

It is an object of my invention to provide a work bench support which isof extremely simple construction yet supports a door or the like in asecure position. It is a further object to provide a work bench supportwhich is adjustable so that any size door or the like may be heldsecurely therewith.

It is also an object of my invention to provide a work bench supportwhich includes the utilization of the leg members of a work bench in anew, simple and efiicient manner for simple support of the door and easyadjustment of the positioning of the same.

It is an additional object of my invention to provide a door supportwhich is not only easily adjustable but which is simply removed from thework bench and carried compactly in connection with the work bench. Itis also an object of my invention to provide clamping means inrelationship with the support so that the object being supported may bemore securely held in position.

The invention will appear more clearly from the following detaileddescription when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,showing by way of example preferred embodiments of the inventive idea.

In the drawings forming a part of the application:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal front view of my work bench support with adoor in position thereon indicated in broken lines.

Figure 2 is an end view of the disclosure shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure l indicating also inbroken lines the horizontal door support member in a different positionand without the shim member.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of my work bench support, showing aportion of a work bench and my support, a door in broken lines heldthereon.

Figure 5 is a view of a further type of clamp for the door adjustablysecured to the under surface of a work bench.

Figure 6 is a plan view of the shim used in my device.

My work bench support A is composed of the somewhat conventional workbench B which includes the top 10 and the upright front leg supportmembers 11 and 12. The bench B also includes the rear leg supportmembers 13. The bench B is further supported by the central members 14and the end brace members 15. The rear top portion 16 is supported bythe pivoted support members 17.

The upright leg members 11 and 12 are formed with downwardly inclinedholes or recesses 18. I further provide the longitudinal base barsupport 19 which has secured therein the angular bolt or lug members 20,the distance between which is equal to the distance between the holes 18of the upright support 11 as spaced I Patented Sept. 18, 1956 ice fromthe upright support 12. The angular bolt members 20 are composed of thestraight shank portion 21 and the angular portion 22 extending from theshank portion 21. The angle of the angular portion 22 correspondsprecisely with the angle of the holes 18 formed in the front legs 11 and12, the holes 18 being adapted to removably receive the angular portion22 of the bolt members 20. I

The adjustable longitudinal base bar 19 is also provided withthevertical positioning members 23 which are secured to the outer faceof the support bar 19 by means of the bolts 24, the upper end of thepositioning members 23 extending above the upper edge 25 of thelongitudinal base support bar 19 on which the door C, for example, ispositioned.

With the door C in the position shown in Figure 3, the longitudinal basesupport bar 19 will receive a door up to the thickness shown in Figure 3due to the shim member 26 positioned between the base bar 19 and thefront edge of the legs 11 and 12. If a door of less thickness, forexample, is desired to be supported, the shim member 26 may be removedby slipping it off the angular bolt-lug 20 and placing the base bar 19in the position shown in broken lines in Figure 3 without the shim 26.With the shim 26 removed, the base bar support 19 lowers slightly withthe angular portion 22 of the bolt 20 placed in the same angular hole18. The base support bar 19 may be raised or lowered by using any of theangular holes 18 whereby very wide or very narrow members may beproperly supported for work thereon.

Although the door C may be supported and worked upon with theconstruction already disclosed, it may be further held by means of theadjustable right angle clamp member D which is formed with the baseportion 27 having the right angle clamping arm portion 28. The baseportion 27 is formed with the slot 29 adapted to receive a bolt securedinto the top member 10 of the bench A and on which is screwed the wingnut 30. As a result of the provision of the slot 29 the right angleclamping arm portion 28' may be adjusted to bear against objects of adilferent width to hold the same securely upon the adjustable horizontalbase support 19. Further, when the bench support is not in use the wingnut 30 may be loosened slightly and the clamping arm 28 willautomatically drop in a position below the top 10 where it is out of theway. The wing nut 30 may then be tightened to secure the clamping memberD in this out-of-the-way position.

I also provide an alternative form of clamping member E which isadjustable secured to the under surface of the table top such as 10 bymeans of a bolt extending downwardly from the top, the bolt extendingthrough the slot 31 formed in the base arm 32 of the alternativeclamping member E. The clamping arm 33 is formed on the outer end of thebase arm 32 and is adapted to contact the outer surface of the memberbeing held on the base bar 19. When the bench support is not in use, theclamping member E may be pivoted to the position shown in dotted linesin Figure 5 by loosening the wing nut 34 which is screwed onto the boltabove mentioned where it extends through the slot 31.

In the use of my device the operator places the base support bar 19 inposition on the front legs 11 and 12 by means of the angular boltmembers 20 so that the door C, for example, will be supported in aposition shown particularly in Figure 1 whereby the top edge thereof maybe trimmed in a position above the surface of the top member 10. When mysupport device is not in use the base bar support 19 may be very simplyrestructions. In addition, if the bench B is of the foldable type thebase support bar 19 may be 'easily'laid'iip'on the top member 10, thusproviding a compact package for carrying. 4 1

The invention is not to be understood as restricted to the details setforth, since these may be modified within the scope of the appendedclaim without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new. and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

In a support for doors and the like, a pair of spaced vertical supportmembers, each of said vertical support wardly thereinto at an ang1e,afiat longitudinal -horizontal support bar, bolt members extendingthrough said 'members having one or more holes extending downsupport barat right angles thereto with their free ends eir'tendi'n'g" therefrom,said free ends bent at an angle thereto to correspond to the angle ofsaid holes in said vertical support members to be removably receivedtherein.

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